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type: "Bill"
title: "Legal holidays; Juneteenth."
description: "Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to SB 5031."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5052"
citation: "Virginia HB 5052 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609c61a4-5b07-4abc-a495-39b6eee5f037"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5052"
source_hash: "c4ea3493b21729b6bc246939ef935766ca0be1d9e38927c8645a5440c216929d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 5052 (2020specialI) — Legal holidays; Juneteenth.
Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate States of America to abolish slavery, and to recognize the significant roles and many contributions of African Americans to the Commonwealth and the nation. This bill is identical to SB 5031.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0004)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5052ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5052ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB5052)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5052)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200580D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB5052)
- **2020-08-24** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-25** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB5052ER)
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609c61a4-5b07-4abc-a495-39b6eee5f037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).